Enkaspor () is a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

established in 1983 in

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by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

and

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

with 353 women and 467 men in active sport as of December 2010.

Facilities

Sports facilities of the club are situated within the

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Sport Complex stretching over land located in

İstinye İstinye is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population was 15,721 in 2022. It is on the European side of the city between the neighbourhoods of Emirgan and Yeniköy, on the northweste ...

neighborhood of

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district in Istanbul. There are * one athletics field with six tartan tracks, * one multi-purpose arena consisting of ** three

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

halls, ** one

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, which can be covered in the winter time, ** a semi-olympic size covered swimming pool, ** a covered 12-lane swimming and water polo pool, ** 12 tennis courts: six training courts of which four can be covered, two open and three covered tennis courts.

Athletics

Sportspeople

Enkaspor played a leading role in bringing talented foreign athletes into Turkey.

Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can ( Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competed over distances from 150 ...

Anzhela Atroshchenko Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet (born , on ) is a former Turkish athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon category. Biography Atroshchenko started her career in athletics with pentathlon at the age of 14 years. ...

Sviatlana Sudak Sviatlana Sudak (; born 20 March 1971) is a Turkish female hammer thrower of Belarusian origin. She was born in Grodno, Belarus. Career Belarus On 5 June 1994, she set a new world record with 67.34 metres. Unfortunately, this happened before th ...

and Alemitu Bekele are sportspeople, who were gained to compete successfully at international events for Turkey. Many members of Enkaspor are holder of Turkish national records in their branch.

Team achievements

;2010: * Senior men Turkey champion * Senior women Turkey champion * Junior men Turkey runner-up * Junior women Turkey runner-up

Notable sportspeople

;Swimming *

Yiğit Aslan Yiğit Aslan (born 11 March 2003) is a Turkish swimmer competing in freestyle events. He obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Inspired by a poster about a swimming course in a shopping mall, he started swimming sport at the age of t ...

(born 2004), freestyle swimmer *

Beril Böcekler Beril Böcekler (born 7 February 2004) is a Turkish competitive swimmer in freestyle. She is a member of Enka SK in Istanbul. Böcekler won the silver medal both in the 800 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 European Junior ...

(born 2004), female freestyle swimmer *

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Viktoriya is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Viktoriya Amelina (1986−2023), Ukrainian activist and writer * Viktoriya Beloslydtseva (born 1972), athlete from Kazakhstan * Viktoriya Fyodorova (born 1973), female high jumper fr ...

(born 1998), female swimmer of Uktainian origin *

Merve Tuncel Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK. Early years Merve Tuncel was born t ...

(born 2005) female freestyle swimmer ;Tennis *

Çağla Büyükakçay Çağla Büyükakçay (; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title. She has won 12 singles and 1 ...

- The first Turkish woman tennis player in singles to play Grand Slam qualification tournament (2010 US Open) and win a WTA singles title (

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) *

Melis Sezer Melis Sezer (born 2 June 1993) is a Turkish tennis player. On 3 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 336. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 219 in the doubles rankings. Sezer has won nine singles and 37 doubles titles on ...

- The first Turkish junior woman tennis player to compete in Wimbledon, US and Australia Open tournaments *

Ipek Soylu Ipek or İpek may refer to: People * İpek (given name) * Ipek Duben (born 1941), Turkish artist * Assiya İpek (born 1993), Turkish women's weightlifter * Emrah Ipek (born 1971), Turkish singer and actor * Hasan İpek (born 1959), Turkish bureau ...

- Tennis player winner of the

2016 WTA Elite Trophy The 2016 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China from 1 to 6 November 2016. It was the second edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was co ...

;Track and field *

- 2010 European champion in 10,000 m and silver medalist in 5,000 m. * Meryem Akda - 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m runner. *

Meryem Bekmez Meryem Bekmez (born 31 July 2000) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is a native of Diyarbakır, Turkey. She was a member of the municipality-owned club of Kayapınar, before she was transferred by E ...

(born 2000), race walker *

Yasemin Can Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on 11 December 1996) is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is the reigning 10,000 m European champion. Can is a six-time Euro ...

- long-distance runner. *

Tuğba Danışmaz Tuğba Danışmaz (born 1 September 1999) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump. She won the gold medal for the triple jump at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. Danışmaz claimed silver and gold ...

(born 1999), long jump and triple jump athlete *

Evin Demir Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul. She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, before she was transferred by Enka SK. Sports career In 2 ...

(born 2001), race walker *

Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athleti ...

- 2010 European silver medalist in cross country. Gold medalist at the 2011 Universiade in 3,000 m steeplechase and 5,000 m. *

Pınar Saka Pınar Saka (born 5 November 1985) is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint discipline competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. She is the Turkish national record holder for 400 m. This time is the first time a Turkish ...

- 400 m runner *

Merve Aydın Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990) is a Turkish middle-distance runner. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The tall athlete at is coached by Gülnara Mamadova. She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior ...

- 800 m runner *

Buse Savaşkan Buse Savaşkan (born 24 February 1999) is a Turkish Cypriot track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. Of Turkish Cypriot origin, she represents Turkey in the sport. Early years in sport Savaşkan started her athletics career part ...

(born 1999), high jumpğ *

Aysel Önder Aysel Önder (born 24 June 2005) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. She has many world indoor and European champion titles, and is holder of several world, Paralympics and European records. She competes in the T20 disability class sprint event ...

(born 2005), Paralympian sprinter indoor worl champion and indoor world record holder in 400 m T20 event. ;Wrestling *

Mehlika Öztürk Mehlika Öztürk (born 29 June 1997) is a Turkish Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia and she won the silver medal in beach wrestling in Beach wrestl ...

, freestyle

References

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